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- What is intersectionality?

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Patricia Hill Collins reminds
us that intersectionality

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is a theory and a tool that Native

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and indigenous communities
have appreciated for centuries.

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It's a way for us to think

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about our relationships with one another

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and how those relationships
are structured by power.

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It's incredibly important to
think about intersectionality

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in relationship to the pursuit
of liberation or freedom

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for all Black people, because it allows us

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to be really clear about
how white supremacy works.

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Black feminists, like
Patricia Hill Collins,

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help us to appreciate that
there's a matrix of domination.

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There are assigned systems and symbols

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that exist in our society, that function

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to make white supremacy
omnipresent, yet hyper invisible.

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And when we apply
intersectionality as a tool

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to think about our laws,
our customs, our practices,

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even some of the symbols
that we think about

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and organize ourselves around,
like the American flag,

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when we use intersectionality,
we're able to be critical,

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we're also able to understand
and upend white supremacy.